argot

Etymology

Borrowed from French argot, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɡəʊ/,
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹɡoʊ/, IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹɡət/

Noun

argot (plural argots)

1. A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
2. The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers; a jargon.

   The conversation was in the argot of the trade, full of acronyms and abbreviations that made no sense to the uninitiate.

Anagrams

• Groat, gator, gotra, groat

Etymology

Borrowed from French argot.

Noun

argot m (plural argots)

1. slang, argot
2. jargon

Etymology

Of obscure origin, first attested in 1628.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ɡo/

Noun

argot m (plural argots)

1. slang
2. cant (secret language)

Further reading

• argot on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “argot” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ragot

Etymology

Borrowed from French argot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [arˈɡɔ]

Noun

argot n (indeclinable)

1. argot

Further reading

• argot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Anagrams

• grota

Etymology

Borrowed from French argot.

Noun

argot m (plural argots)

1. (linguistics) argot (a secret language used by thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
2. (linguistics) argot (specialised vocabulary and terminology of a field)

Etymology

Borrowed from French argot.

Noun

argot m (plural argot)

1. slang, argot